Tie holder



J. E. HALEY TIE HOLDER Oct. 9, 1956 Filed Sept. 1. 1954 INVENTOR' JESSE E. HAZE) ATTORNEYS United States atent TIE HOLDER Jesse E. Haley, Patagonia, Ariz. Application September 1, 1954, Serial No. 453,569 1 Claim. (Cl. 211-413) This invention relates to tie holders or racks. More particularly, the invention has reference to a holder having means incorporated therein adapted to frictionally grip the ties, to hold the same in proper position upon the rack.

Most usually, tie racks of conventional design are so formed as to merely permit the ties to be draped thereover. Under these circumstances, if a tie is improperly hung upon the rack, it may become overbalanced at one end thereof, and slip off the rack to the floor. Further, the ties in many instances tend to bunch up upon the rack.

The present invention aims to provide a tie rack or holder that will be so designed as to have none of the disadvantages noted above. To this end, the rack, summarized briefly, comprises a base or bottom ring, means suspending said ring from an overhead support, and a top ring that is supported upon the bottom ring. Ties are adapted to be gripped between the rings, and the suspending means is so designed as to releasably engage the top ring in each of two positions, these being a lower position in which the top ring engages the ties frictionally against the base ring, and an upper position in which the top ring is spaced above the bottom ring and permits the insertion or removal of one or more ties.

Another object of importance is to provide a device as stated in which there will be incorporated in the suspending means belt loops, from which one may suspend his belts out of the way so far as the suspended ties are concerned.

Yet another object is to provide an improved tie holder which will be characterized by its ease of manufacture, ruggedness, attractiveness, and compactness.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claim appended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure l is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a tie holder formed in accordance with the present invention, the dotted lines showing the upper ring in its raised position;

Figure 2 is a top plan view; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detailed sectional view substantially on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The tie holder constituting the present invention includes an endless, circular bottom or base ring which is of circular cross section at all points about its circumference, said bottom ring being of constant thickness throughout said circumference thereof. The bottom ring can be formed of molded plastic or the like, but this material is not critical to the invention.

A top ring has been designated by the reference numeral 22, and has an inner diameter substantially less than that of the bottom ring, and an outer diameter also less than the outer diameter of the bottom ring. However, the outer diameter of the upper ring 22 is greater N than the outer diameter of the base ring. As a result,

above and radially inwardly of the base ring. Suspending means is provided for the ring, and is formed from a plurality of lengths of stout wire material. Each length of material is bent to include a pair of legs 12 of straight formation, extending radially of the rings and diverging radially outwardly of the rings as shown in Figure 2. The legs, further, are inclined in respect to the plane of the rings as best shown in Figure 1, said legs declining in a direction from the ring center to the peripheries of the rings.

At their outer ends,

the legs 12 are each formed with a vertically depending undulant part comprising outwardly indented or crimped portions 14, 16 disposed one above another. The several portions 14, lying in a common plane as shown in Figure 1,

the upper ring is manually shifted to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1. The portions 16 are adapted to similarly engage the upper ring, when said upper ring is in the full line, tie-gripping position shown in Figure 1.

At their lower ends, the undulant portions of the legs of each length of wire material merge into straight, outwardly declining portions 18, that extend diametrically of and are embedded within the base ring 10. After being extended through the base ring, the portions 18 merge into flattened loops 20 disposed tangentially of the rings, each loop being adapted to support a garment belt B.

At their upper, convergent ends, the legs 12 meet at the center of the device, and four of said legs are extended in longitudinally contacting relation in a hook shape. The remaining two legs are spirally twisted abou the first four legs as shown in Figures 1 and 3, to connect the end portions of the several lengths of material while fashioning the same into a hook that is engageable over a closed bar or other overhead support, not shown.

The portions 24 of the wire material beyond the inner ends of the pairs of legs indicated by the letters C and D, Figure 2, are laid in side by side abutting relation and bent into the configuration of 26 of the wire material beyond of legs 12 indicated by the letter E, Figure 2, are coiled about the portions 24, Figure 3, to form the hook 28.

When a tie T is to be inserted in or removed from the holder, the ring 22 is shifted upwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1. In this connection, it is not necessary that the ring 22 be shifted bodily to another horizontal plane in the manner shown in Figure 1. Instead, after the user selects a location at which the tie is to be inserted or removed, he presses upwardly upon the ring 22 at this location. As a result, the ring 22 will pivot upwardly about an axis disposed diametrically opposite said location, thus providing a space at the particular, selected location, which space is open for the insertion or removal of a tie or ties.

After the tie has been inserted or removed, the upper ring 22 is returned to its full line position shown in Figure l, in which it will be gripped by the circumferentially spaced, outwardly bowed lower crimp 16 of the several support members.

The support members, or" course, are of springable material, so as to permit the upper ring to be moved between the dotted and full line positions of Figure 1.

When the upper ring is in its full line position, it will grip a tie in the manner shown in Figure l. The tie will be extended about the upper ring, with both end portions of the tie being disposed at the outside of the base ring. The tie is thus firmly supported, being frictionally gripped between the rings, and being so held as to be incapable of the inner ends of the pair sliding ofi the device. Even if the tie is not gripped frictionally with full tightness, it will still be held properly, since the bight portion of the tie will be passed about the inside of the ring 22, while both end portions of the tie will be passed about the outside of the base ring 10, in a manner to insure that neither end portion, even though longer, can pull the tie off the holder. 7

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted Within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A tie holder comprising a base ring lying in a horizontal plane; a plurality of support elements spaced circumferentially of the base ring and connected at one end to said ring, said elements being adapted at their other ends for engagement with an overhead support, thus to 4 suspend the base ring from said support; an upper ring concentric with and supported in a horizontal plane upon the base ring, thus to support a folded tie the bight of which is passed through the open center space of the upper ring and the ends of which are both passed over the outer circumference of the base ring, said support elements each including vertically spaced indentations selectively adapted for receiving the upper ring, thereby to permit adjustment of the upper ring in a vertical direction toward and away from the base ring, for insertion and removal of ties normally engaged between the rings.

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